Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Jefferies as 66.7% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.17 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Equity Research and Analyst rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Equity Sales and Equity Research roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Jefferies takes an average of 55 days when considering 6 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Praktikant M&A had the quickest hiring process (on average 5 days), whereas Equity Research roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 150 days).
1 zoom interview, 1 AC with 2 interviews for the summer (technical & competency interviews). Lasted 60 minutes, quite diffciult technicals but completely due to the background on my CV, they try to tailor it.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Jefferies in Apr 2023
Interview
was Online test and then proceeded to do interview. Was a first round with HR and then 2nd round with two associates. Interview process was quite quick and smooth and employees were lovely
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
q: tell me about a time u faced a challenge q: tell me a recent news article you read. q: why Jeff, why ib, tell me a recent m&a deal u read
One day of interviews, three separate interviews. The recruiting team visited campus and conducted interviews all in one day. The interview questions were virtually all behavioral with almost no technicals.